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Title: The transposition of the EU Consumer Protection Directives in Maltese law : a study under twenty headings
Other Titles: The implementation and enforcement of European Union Law in small member states : a case study of Malta
Authors: Fabri, David
Keywords: Consumer rights -- Malta
Consumer rights -- European Union countries
Commercial law -- Malta
Commercial law -- European Union countries
Consumer protection -- Law and legislation -- Malta
Consumer protection -- Law and legislation -- European Union countries
Trade regulation -- Malta
Trade regulation -- European Union countries
Issue Date: 2021
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Citation: Fabri, D. (2021). The transposition of the EU Consumer Protection Directives in Maltese law : a study under twenty headings. In I. Sammut & J. Agranovska (Eds.), The implementation and enforcement of European Union Law in small member states : a case study of Malta (pp. 135-155). Switzerland: Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
Abstract: When Malta applied for membership in 1990, both EU consumer law and Maltese consumer law were in their infancy and in a state of evolution. In late 1998, the European Commission allowed Malta to re-ignite its accession application, which had been suspended by the new incoming Labour party government in 1996. As a result, Malta had to start in earnest and haste the negotiation and transposition of an extensive compendium of Directives, decisions and other measures comprised in 29 of the 32 chapters into which the acquis commimautaire was conveniently arranged for accession purposes. The other three chapters were institutional and were not negotiable or transposable. A chapter of EU law dealt with consumer protection, and most of the measures were in the form of minimum directives. 1 New important measures were being adopted at Union (at that time Community) level even while the island's accession procedures were slowly progressing. The directives which required transposition by Malta before accession are listed in Table 6.1 below. While retaining its primary focus on the measures comprised in this Consumer Protection chapter of EU law, this study makes several references to other consumer measures which might arise from other parts and chapters of the acquis. The reference to Metrology under section 15 of this chapter is a case in point.
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